City Life

Allowance ends, pressure remains

Spring is the air and for some of the most vulnerable members of the community, it means a drop in income. On October 1 the Winter Energy Payment ended... Read More

Greener pastures for Matua bowls

A $70,000 grant from the New Zealand Community Trust will help Bowls Matua convert a second grass green to a synthetic surface and to re-surface an existing one. A... Read More

Workshops and events replace festival

The Multicultural Festival 2020 initially re-scheduled for October 10 has now been cancelled. Instead, smaller events and workshops will be held that address... Read More

Remembering those loved and lost

Hononga, kōrero and manaaki, or connect, communicate and care are the words that undergird a special space and time set aside for people to honour and remember... Read More

Telling the story

He's trailed behind Edmund Hillary in the mountains of Nepal and followed in Charles Upham's footsteps through Europe. Cartoonist Tom Scott is now bringing... Read More

Tracy Livingston

Tracy Livingston represents the NZ Outdoors Party and has very clear environmental and social goals for Tauranga. Her degree in Applied Science underscores... Read More

The art of visual merchandising

A perfectly placed necklace or vase in a window can be eye catching enough to draw you into a store but what many people don't realise is that every piece has... Read More

Only separated by 100 years

Rest home resident Rose Jacob and primary school student Faith Schurink share a birthday, albeit 100 years apart. On Saturday last week the pair celebrated together... Read More

Ladies start your engines

There's just two rules to this club: you need to be a 'girl' and you have to have a car. Formed just three months ago by Tauranga-based woman Shona Sharp,... Read More

A pastor with a twist

Unless you're Jewish you may not know what a shofar is, much less have owned or played one. Papamoa man Steve Trim is the exception and can say 'yes' to... Read More

Going the distance

The challenges faced in the army by a group of four mates will have nothing on their next test, running 100km each in 24 hours. Tauranga man Jamie Kell... Read More

Maori wards debate set to draw a crowd

When Tommy Wilson decided to organise a public debate to raise funds for community support organisation Kai Aroha, he didn't have to look far to find a suitably... Read More